POLYCOTYLEDONARY PLACENTA
\pˌɒlɪkˌɒtɪlˈiːdənəɹi pləsˈɛntə], \pˌɒlɪkˌɒtɪlˈiːdənəɹi pləsˈɛntə], \p_ˌɒ_l_ɪ_k_ˌɒ_t_ɪ_l_ˈiː_d_ə_n_ə_ɹ_i p_l_ə_s_ˈɛ_n_t_ə]\
Sort: Oldest first
-
That variety of placental formation in which, as in the ruminants, the chorionic villi are collected into a number of large separate tufts scattered over the surface of the chorion, each tuft being received into a cryptlike depression in a thickened portion of the uterine mucous membrane.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
Nearby Words
- polyconic projection
- polycoria
- polycose
- polycotyledon
- polycotyledonary
- Polycotyledonary placenta
- polycotyledonous
- polycotyledony
- polycracy
- polycrinoses
- polycrotic